I was at Roswell in 1947 to early 1950. I was at the time a gunner in
the
393rd Bomb Squadron, 509th Bomb Group and a member of Captain Frederick
Ewing's B-29 combat crew with tail number 44-7301 (Straight Flush) ..
On
Wednesday, July 9, 1947, our crew transported a crate to Carswell Army
Air
Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas in 1:55 minutes. The mission and cargo
was
classified. The crate was hauled in the front bomb bay and armed guards
rode
in that bomb bay with the crate. When I removed the down lock, I saw
a Major
and a Technical Sergeant in the bomb bay and some others in there. They
rode
the whole trip in the bomb bay and did not return with us. We flew
unpressurized at about 8,000 feet. Our bombardier made a safety check
of the
shackles which held the platform secure. Those shackles were rigged
so that
the cargo could not be jettisoned. The corporal tail gunner and I saw
the
crate when we removed the down locks from the from the bomb doors. The
crate
was covered with a tarp when unloaded and taken away on a trailer at
Carswell. I would guess the crate was about 12 x 6 x 6 feet. The engineer
and I talked about weight and balance. They evidently had not given
him a
firm figure on the weight. He said with a laugh, "As long as it isn't
more
than five thousand pounds our center of gravity should be okay." We
knew
that Ft. Worth was to be our landing point, and we might get to see
the new
B-36 bomber. Someone made a remark about carrying "The General's Furniture".
There had also been rumors for a couple of days about a spaceship crash,
but
we were only told it was classified cargo and to stay back.

On the way home, I went forward to chat with Warrant Officer Landry
about
minor problem with a prop. We had the Curtiss Electric's and there was
concern that one of them was hunting a bit. Major Jessie Marcel rode
back to
Roswell with us and I talked briefly with him. He was always interested
in
the enlisted men on flight crews. He wanted gunners to be good observers
when on long missions. I don't think his questions that day were probing.
We were useful mostly as scanners because we had only tail guns. He
asked if
I was anxious to get into B-36's? We were told repeatedly not to talk
of
this incident, not even to our wives. I held that inside until 1988
when
books began to appear. To this day I am in touch with one other member
of
our crew. Most of the others are no longer alive. Major Ewing was killed
in
a B-47 crash in Florida in 1952.
Sometime afterwards, about three to six months later, the wives began
talking
among themselves about the cleanup detail. This originated from the
wives of
men on that duty. One such was a neighbor of ours in July 1947. They
moved
across town, but I would sometimes see him and I ask him what he had
seen out
there. He was upset and told me, "You don't want to know." I think he
was a
baker because he would leave for work in the early morning, like 0130
hours.
A time or two when I'd come in from a late flight he would be standing
on the
corner waiting for a ride. They did not own a car. Based on the wives
gossip we heard that he had seen a body.

Later, I became a pilot and while in SAC and was an instructor in the
Aero-clubs and moonlighting as a crop duster. Aviation has been my life.
While in SAC KC-97's at March AFB our crew had two weird experiences,
with
something that officially wasn't there. You may put the story in your
Filer's Files. Thanks to a Roswell B-29 gunner.
Editor's Note: The government claims what was brought to Fort Worth
under
guard was an unclassified Mogul Balloon that they launched regularly
from
White Sands Proving Grounds with printed instructions on the side for
a
reward if found. Our witness claims there were multiple guards inside
the
bomb bay. Even Atomic bombs did not normally warrant guards inside the
bomb
bay and certainly not an officer with the rank of Major. The witness
verifies parts of the message held in General Ramey's hand such as the
debris
was forwarded to Fort Worth as ordered below:

FOUR RAMEY MESSAGE COMPARISONS

Neil Morris writes from the University of Manchester in England. Several
distinguished groups are attempting to interpret the writing on a message
held in General Ramey's hand taken in the Commander's 8th Air Force
office by
photographer James Bond Johnson in July of 1947. David Rudiak's sent
his
"take" of the message and allowed me to include it in the comparisons
of
readings taken from a message that takes up a tiny portion of the photograph.
It has taken fifty years and modern computers to attempt to read the
message. There are several interpretations of the message and we should
emphasize that the various "takes" are far from being set in stone and
represent a "snap-shot" of a work in progress as of April. The
interpretations, I am sure, WILL change and evolve as time goes on.

1) CAPITALS denote firm interpretation.
2) Lowerspace are guesses but may be incorrect
3) "*" denote unknown letter,
4) My line format is to the best I can conclude, correct to the grid
layout
of the typed text

Line 1.
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(B)- RECO---- OPERATION WITH ROSWELL DISK 074 MJ--AT THE
(C) RECO ... OPERATION AT THE
(DR) recovery operations WEre fo und NEAR site two, at one

Line 2.
????xxx xxx xxx xxxxxxx xx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxx
(M) ext 4*S EXp VIctIMS of THE WRecK and CONVAy ON TO THE
(B) - --- THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK YOU FORWARDED TO THE
(C) JULY 4TH THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK YOU FORWARDED TO THE
(DR) todaY All THE VICTIMS OF THE WRECK YOU FORWARDED TO THE

Line 7.
??-xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx-xx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx xxxx
(M) LLY THrY EVEN PUT for AF WEATATN BALLOONS raDar WERE
(B) ONLY SHOW ---- ---- BY WEATHER BALLOONS 400-KW WAVE
(C) NEXT CREW OUT TODAY. WEATHER BALLOONS WOULD MAKE
(DR) (news)theY nEXt send out is of WEATHER BALLOONS would make

Robert Collins writes recent investigations have turned up new information
that may in fact point to a suspected place as Hangar 18 at WP but it's
called Hangar 23: Hangar 23 sits between buildings 18F and 18A in the
18
Complex and so this might make it easier to understand how the Hangar
18
folklore developed? As the story goes from sources the Roswell or another
Craft(s) (dimensions of 30 X 15 feet disc) were brought into Hangar
23. The
floor of the hangar was removed and the craft lowered into this newly
dug out
basement: A concrete floor was then placed over this basement area containing
the Craft. Please see http://home.earthlink.net/~rcollins637/reports/wp_hangar18.htm
for further
information and http://home.sprintmail.com/~rigoletto/Sanctuary_Of_The_Birds.htm
for updates
and reports.......

NEW JERSEY FIRE BALL

DELRAN -- Cyndi writes my boyfriend called and requested that I "look
outside" and asked, "Do you see anything?" I want to know if anyone
saw
anything unusual on April 6, 2000, between 8:30 and 8:40 PM. I saw a
huge
fiery blue-white ball with a massive orange-hazed tail, which moved
slowly
across the sky and then disappeared. We watched this thing for a good
5-10
minutes. Shortly after, we observed military craft flying in formation
and,
helicopter's flying low above the trees as if looking for something.
Thanks,
Cyndi. [email protected]

PENNSYLVANIA

KENNETT SQUARE - Dolores Ely says, I arise out of bed every morning
at 5:30
AM. On March 8, 2000, I put the dog out and I looked out to the southeast
and saw two perfectly round lights at tree top level. They were going
from
west to east direction, very slowly. These lights were not luminous.
They
were more like flat opaque white in color. They were at least 500 yards
away. They were spaced about twenty feet apart from each other horizontally
moving very slowly. The size at arm's length was larger than my fist.
They
disappeared behind a row of houses down the street just as it was getting
light outside. Thanks to: Bob Ely [email protected]

ROSS TOWNSHIP -- Stan Gordon reports that on March 26, 2000, two witnesses
were standing outside in a Pittsburgh suburb when they noticed an odd
object
moving across the sky at a high altitude at 10:45 PM. The object was
shaped
like a triangle and, "Had to be huge" since it was very high up, but
could
clearly be seen as it blocked out a portion of the clear sky as it moved.
The triangular shape was defined by a number of grayish-white lights
that
were non-blinking, and which all moved together. The object moved fast
across the sky towards the northeast, and was observed for around 10
seconds.
No sound was heard as the object passed overhead.

PITTSBURGH -- A man reported seeing a bright white light in the sky
at about
8:23 PM on March 30, 2000, in Shadyside. The object was circular or
semicircular in shape and appeared stationary. Suddenly the light moved
straight up into the sky and "winked out." The sighting lasted only
5-10
seconds, and no sound was apparent. Thanks to Stan Gordon.

FLORIDA UNEXPLAINED MARKS

LAKEWORTH - Carolyn writes that in 1982, I woke up one morning, and
discovered a very angry red circular mark on my back. It took several
days
to heal up, but I still have the mark. I couldn't understand it since
I know
it wasn't an insect bite and I didn't have it when I went to bed! In
1987, I
was out to dinner with my ex-husband who got drunk. I asked him to put
me in
a cab to take me to his apartment, and I would wait for him there. From
the
time I got in the cab, till I woke up, on the lawn, in front of his
apartment, I have absolutely no memory of the ride, or getting out of
the
cab, etc. When I woke up, I was on my back on the lawn, my clothing
was in
order, and my purse was laying right beside me. My money and credit
cards
were not disturbed in any way. I still watch the skies, but never had
another encounter. Thanks to Carolyn R, [email protected]
and Tom Sheets

ILLINOIS LIGHT AT SAUCER SITE

I saw last weeks Filer's posting on the Forest Homes, Illinois saucers
and
was intrigued as it is fairly close to my home in Florissant, Missouri.
I
verified there is a Walnut Drive in Forest Homes, and there is a large
field
behind it to the east. I went there March 31, 2000, from 3:15 AM to
4:05 AM,
Friday morning out of curiosity. At about 3:30 AM, I saw an amber light
fly
by in the distance from east to west over a period of two or three minutes.
The lighting was not like that of an aircraft, and I heard no noise
from the
object. Dogs in the vicinity started barking while the object was in
sight.
The light was fairly low in the sky and the trajectory seemed straight
and
smooth. The weather was clear sky and calm air. Thanks to Gary W. [email protected].

ALABAMA date

TUSCALOOSA -- Three almost transparent, almost circular (amoebae shaped),
phosphorous neon-green entities flying in a triangular formation. All
3
witnesses estimate that the altitude was 30 feet and the objects were
about
the diameter of a basketball hoop, (2 feet) but were very thin from
top to
bottom. We watched them suddenly appear from the north and fly in a
straight
line over the house and past the trees to the south where they disappeared.
Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC www.nuforc.com

TEXAS UFO BUZZES CAR

GRAHAM -- Peter B. Davenport the Director on the National Reporting
Center
sent this dramatic sighting report. On April 1, 2000, 96 miles northwest
of
Dallas a computer salesman and his girlfriend observed a very bright
light
move towards them as we traveled south on Highway 16.
Suddenly an extremely bright light was shinning off to our left. The
light
was behind some trees but was blinding me. It rose in the air and headed
straight for our car as we traveled at 65 mph. As it got to about 300
yards
away we both said, "What is that?" I could see that there was a cockpit
or
something under this huge black shape. I was screaming "What the Hell
is
that?" The cockpit was shinning an incredibly bright light with some
pulsating bands of red lights. The object approached and flew directly
over
the car. It easily matched our 65 mph speed and my friend looked up
and sort
of gasped. She said that the lights are alternating. "What is this?"
As it
traveled southwest off to some low hills it disappeared. We both saw
the
same craft. When we got back to the cabin in 30 minutes we took out
some
paper and drew sketches of what we saw. The drawings matched! We called
the
Sheriff's office in Graham and asked about aircraft or helicopters?
He
called the local small airport and they had nothing up. On Monday I
called
Carswell AFB and the DFW control center and they had nothing out that
way at
that time. A trucker may have also seen the same object. Thanks to Peter
Davenport for sending this report. http://www.UFOcenter.com
Hotline:
206-722-30

TEXAS GREEN LIGHTS

ARLINGTON - Mike Harman reports seeing two bright green lights traveling
at
high rate of speed with an orange companion dancing around the lead
object on
April 6, 2000, at 9:35 PM. What a treat! I had gone outside to observe
the
stars before going to bed and was standing facing south and looking
at the
Orion Nebula. Something caught my eye coming over our house. Looking
almost
directly straight up I observed two bright green lights similar to the
color
and brightness of a green traffic light. The green object was traveling
at
what looked like about four times the speed of jet aircraft and took
twelve
seconds to go from almost straight up to completely out of sight to
the
north. With binoculars I could see clouds behind the object and that
there
was no body or wings visible. I noticed an orange much smaller light
or
object dancing very rapidly back and forth going past the green objects
in
either direction. What I have described above was not the planet Venus
or
Jupiter, or a star. I was able to see both planets during this sighting.
It
also was not an aircraft, balloon or a helicopter as there was no sound.
Thanks to Mike Harman [email protected].
OKLAHOMA FAMILY GAINS TIME ON TRIP

In Filers' Files #13 you tell about a family experiencing this unusual
phenomenon of gaining time. You want to go to Jeff Rense's Sightings.com
and
click on the archived shows and listen to the show from March 7, 2000,
were
Joyce Murphy gives her report on UFO's from Vermont or go to http://playlist.broadcast.com/makeram.asp?id=365839.
On this particular show
a family in Vermont reports experiencing the same time gain phenomenon,
and
as such, may offer comfort and or insight for the family in Oklahoma.
Thanks
to Carmen McLaren, Lead MUFON FI in Rensselear County, NY TroyCarm

CANADA FLYING SAUCER

YUKON -- Martin Jasek reports that on Thursday, March 30, 2000, a man,
a
woman and a young boy were traveling along the Klondike Highway from
Whitehorse to the Village of Pelly Crossing, at 5:00 AM. The sky was
clear
with a glow of predawn blue. They were nearing the end of Little Fox
Lake
and came around a sharp right-hand bend near the base of a mountain.
Upon
coming out from the bend they saw at 300 feet away was a 35-foot in
diameter
saucer, hovering about 200 feet off the ground! They observed it to
be
stationary on the right for five seconds and than it shot across the
road in
front of their vehicle at "incredible speed" and stopped instantly on
the
left side of the road. The witnesses said, "Nothing can move that fast,"
"in
the blink of an eye!" It remained motionless for only another split
second
and shot off even faster performing a 90-degree turn and shooting off
behind
them. One witness thought it went right into the side of a mountain
while
the other thought it followed the mountainous skyline. The passenger
said,
"Come on, floor it!" They eventually pulled over about 20 minutes later
and
both were shaking. "We were more scared than excited!" It's like we
caught
it by surprise when we came around the corner," "it was so advanced!"
"I'll
never be the same!" were some of the comments by the witnesses. The
saucer
was a classic disc shape with a dome on top. The dome had two curved
windows
or lights from which a beautiful ocean blue or aqua colored light was
shining. The surface of the craft was "mirror like, silver, translucent,
shiny, glassy, reflecting the color of the sky." It was as though the
UFO
was trying to "camouflage against the background sky color." "Had it
been
pitch black out I don't think we would have seen the body of the craft,
just
the windows or lights" the woman remarked. As the UFO streaked in front
of
their vehicle, the car headlights dimmed and their tape deck stopped
playing.
They both wanted to check the time of their sighting. However, the woman's
battery-operated analog watch stopped (at 5:00 AM) and the man's digital
watch got stuck in chrono mode. Other than the initial power drain,
no
additional problems were noted with the truck. They managed to get the
watches functioning after 5 minutes and the tape deck started to work
in 10
minutes. No noise was heard emanating from the UFO. It was about 1 hour
and
35 minutes before sunrise. Thanks to Martin Jasek [email protected]
UFO*BC,
Yukon Representative www.ufobc.org[email protected]

SUDBURY, ONTARIO -- On Sunday, March 26, 2000, my friend Todd and I
saw a
single bright flash followed by a second one. I got my binoculars and
Todd
saw two more flashes near the Big Dipper at 8:30 PM. A man in a pickup
truck
stopped and we all saw four flashes at different points in the sky.
I call
these lights "Jumpers" because they seem to flash once in one spot,
then
flash again somewhere else sometimes a third or fourth time, then disappear
for good.

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO -- On March 30, 2000, I noticed a star in the eastern
sky which appeared to be moving and also becoming larger at 1l:40 PM.
I
brought it to the attention of my friend and we got out of my vehicle
to
watch. The light came directly at us and became very brilliant and enlarged
to the size of a basketball. It made a perpendicular course change and
traveled up into the sky where it made another course change and flew
up into
space. This all took place in the matter of minutes without making any
sound.
The sky was clear with many stars and airplanes visible. Thanks to Murray

VANCOUVER, BC CANADA CHEMTRAIL -- A very large 'chemtrail' display was
seen
again over Vancouver and surrounding areas on April 3, with several
X and
other parallel patterns at an apparent fairly low altitude. I myself
witnessed this and took photos. Some of the 'plumes' were very wide,
with
eight initially at 1:30 PM. Some were crossing in large Xs, and others
were
in parallel trails throughout the afternoon. The sky became diffused
with a
"milky haze." Reports are coming in from across Canada and the US. Thanks
to:
Paul Anderson

AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY -- After a 3-month lull, strange craft are flying again over
Australia
in They have the same laser-like, white pulsing light, quick vertical
movements. They avoid nearby planes. Hence the increase in reports is
probably real, and possibly worldwide. I learned recently of a glowing
orange
UFO which collided with a police car here in 1987 Thanks to Red Setter

THE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY STS-48 MYSTERY

By this time, most people have heard of the odd events of September
15 and
16, 1991, which occurred during the STS-48 fight of space shuttle Discovery.
Some claim that all of the objects seen are UFOs. NASA claims that all
of
the objects are ice and debris sparkling in the light of the rising
sun.
NASA further claims that any directional changes in the motion of these
objects are caused by an automated firing of the aft RCS jets aboard
the
shuttle. To be sure, some of what is observed in the videos is ice,
and
debris and the RCS jet did fire during the time frame in question. NASA
has
the computer records to prove this. However, NASA's blanket explanation
of
the events, based on these facts, doesn't cover everything, which took
place.
This scene called event #2, is shot from the forward payload bay camera,
and
was taken at local sunrise over the Philippine Islands. South is up,
the Sun
is to viewer's left, and we see the limb of Earth, some stars over the
horizon, and a series of bright objects above the dark portion of Earth.
Some of these bright dots are dirt on the camera lens. Some others are
drifting ice and or debris. These pop into view as the sun comes up.
Then,
what I believe to be a much more distant object rises up out of the
clouds
well after the other objects have appeared. As this object travels south,
and gains altitude, a flash is seen from the aft direction of Discovery.
Shuttle computer records verify that this flash is an RCS jet firing,
which
is done periodically to MAINTAIN ship's attitude. Thus there is no
noticeable change relative to the horizon. Some of the objects in view
appear to respond to the expanding exhaust plume, and are appropriately
diverted from their previous course. However, the distant object suddenly
diverts 135 degrees and speeds out into space, followed by two streaks,
one
of which might have hit it had it not moved out of the way. NASA claims
that
the relative motion of this object is caused by the RCS jet firing but
this
makes no sense. The RCS jets are mounted on the extreme nose and tail
of the
Shuttles. They fire vertically, and in the vacuum of space, the exhaust
plume expands upward in a teardrop shape. The aft thrusters are some
20 to
25 feet away from the camera, and even further away the debris field.
Objects nearer than the controversial one are barely affected. The RCS
gas
plume could not have greatly influenced our anomalous object at the
distance
it MUST be from the jet plume.

Therefore, I conclude that the object must be independently propelled.
There
are two streaks of light, which seem to be aimed at the object in question.
It has been claimed that these streaks are some kind of new particle
beam or
laser weapon. Granted, the streaks do resemble a weapon salvo. But,
they
can not be lasers or particle beams. Both of these type beams move at
the
speed of light, which would render them invisible in space, or at best,
they
would appear to the human eye as a solid shaft (like a Star Trek Phase
beam)
rather than something seen to move from left to right at a 45-50 degree
angle. Further, these angles preclude their origin being the RCS jet
firing
way back on the tail of the ship. Therefore, I conclude that the streaks
are
something other than energy weapons. I know of no missile technology
capable
of moving at the velocities observed in the video. So we are left with
what?
If these are alien craft, perhaps they are shooting at each other for
some
unknown reason. In any case, something strange and unidentified with
any
Earth based phenomenon took place. And NASA is using the demonstrable
fact
that some of the objects and occurrences are linked to ice, dirt, and
control
jets to dismiss the entire event. Something is being deliberately covered
up
here. Thanks to Jeff Challender

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ENCOUNTER on the night of October 7, 1965, uses the actual voice recordings
provided by the Air Force. During this event 12 high tech luminous UFOs
invade secure air space and came down low over the runways at Edwards
AFB.
Tower operator Sgt. Chuck Sorrels spotted them and notified the Air
Defense
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